December 14, 2022

Welcome Grow Serve Celebrate

Hope everyone is safe from the bad weather. Let us know if you need anything.

It is a Christmas miracle!!! Well, actually it is not. Thanks to your routine, faithful giving throughout the years, Parkway Hills is DEBT-FREE!! Parkway Hills began in 1995 with a dream of offering a fresh expression of God’s love through worship, study, service and fellowship. The church hoped to be a safe space for those who had never experienced church, to offer a place that felt like home, and to be a place for everyone so that all people may experience and grow in God’s love and grace. We still commit to living out these original dreams. I give thanks for the way our church family has given throughout the years so that we could celebrate this moment, but our call and our work together continues. Sunday, January 8 at 10:45 we will celebrate the faithfulness of our church and discern our next faithful step. Founding pastor, Rev. Bruce Taylor will be our guest preacher. I hope you mark this service on your calendar, make plans to attend, and invite someone who may have a connection to Parkway Hills. It will be a great day of worship and celebration together.

-Dawn

What an Advent season it has been. We had a wonderful children’s service. Thank you Pastor Haven, kids, and adult volunteers! Last week, we were blessed by the choir and handbells. The music was a gift! Thank you David, choir, handbells, and sound techs. If you missed Sunday's service, watch it here. This Sunday, our youth director, Geoff Davidson will preach, and a youth girls ensemble will sing "Mary, Did You Know?". This season of waiting and expectation is winding down. I hope it has been a season of hope and healing for you, and I hope to see you Christmas Eve as we remember and celebrate the gift of Emmanuel, God with us. If plans take you away from Madison, I hope you find another place of worship to mark this holy and sacred time within the story of Jesus.
-Dawn

Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion: 5 pm, nursery provided
In-person and livestreamed parkwayhillsumc.online.church

Christmas Day Brunch Worship @ 10 am: Come as you are (pajamas accepted), bring a breakfast dish, and let us share a meal and celebrate the birth of Christ. No Sunday School and no nursery will be provided. In-person service only.

January 1: Worship @ 10 am, coffee and donuts for the New Year! No Sunday School. Nursery will be provided.

Thank you to all who contributed to our Angel Tree Project, providing Christmas gifts to children with incarcerated parents. Children also received Bibles from Angel Tree Project. We are currently working on getting all the gifts delivered.

Thank you for your help decorating and baking cookies for Grace Place and our church family! No youth activities this week; good luck finishing up exams!

Adults, we need your help! We need volunteers for the New Year's Eve Lock-In and Winter Retreat. Follow this link to get signed up or contact Geoff with any questions.

Registration is closing soon for the 2023 Winter Retreat! This trip to Camp Wesley Pines on Jan 14-16 costs $165, including a minimum $50 deposit due by this upcoming Wednesday, Dec 21. All youth are eligible to join us, including those who will be officially moving up into our ministry in January! Click here to sign up via online giving.

Christmas and New Year’s Office Hours:

Monday, December 26: Office Closed

Tuesday-Thursday (Dec. 27-29): Church office closes @1:00 pm

Monday, January 2: Office Closed

The Parkway Hills Quilters celebrated Christmas a little early enjoying lunch at Anjou together. They even let some of the staff tag along. This faithful group meets every Monday and makes beautiful quilts that are prayed over and given to children in distress. This amazing group of ladies has produced over 700 quilts throughout the years. Thank you ladies for sharing your gifts in this way!

PHUMC Quilters and some staff, too!

Meeting This Week:

Men's Morning Group meets every Thursday morning at 7:30 am.
Join them in the Garden Room or via Zoom.
**New Meeting ID: 823 5246 2635
New Password: 142295

No Handbell practice this Thursday

Parkway Hills Women meet via Zoom every Saturday morning at 10 am.
Meeting ID: 848 7196 9988 (note new meeting ID number)
Password: PHUMCLADY
Women of ALL ages are always welcome!

No Adult Choir Practice this Sunday.

Prayer Quilt Ministry: meets again Monday January 9.

Grace Place Homeless Ministry meets December 21.

Click here to learn more about Methodist Children's Homes. Little Light of Mine, the special offering for Methodist Children’s Homes, supports the daily operations of Methodist Children's Homes. Little Light of Mine Special Offering helps Methodist Children's Homes to care for the hundreds of children they serve each year.

RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS

Year to Date, November 2022

Income: $536,035.27

Expenses: $626,734.01

Stewardship Goal: "Debt-Free in '23"

Mortgage Principal Balance as of Dec. 5: $0

December Communion Offering to date: $1020.00 supports
"Little Light Of Mine," A Special Offering for Methodist Children's Homes of Mississippi

A Gift has been given to the General Fund in memory of Joseph Gibbs.

A Gift has been given to the Building Debt Fund in memory of Sandra Holman.

End-of-Year Giving To ensure all end-of-year gifts are posted to your 2022 giving record, submit electronically or to the church office no later than Friday, December 30th. Any mailed gifts for 2022 should be postmarked no later than December 31st.

Send mailed gifts to: P.O. Box 1721, Madison, MS 39130-1721

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